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Hey Google! Lets Reinvent Detroit Together Using Our Creative Greenius Before The Opportunivors Scavenge It

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No this is a job for the company I’ve long been a stockholder of – Google. Because Google is smart enough to not only see the opportunity and have the wherewithal to seize it, they also know what to do with it. The off the grid theatre – photo by Galliani (c). Communications. Citizen/community engagement.

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Fusion energy company TAE Technologies launches power management subsidiary TAE Power Solutions

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The combined workforce of more than 250 professionals, headquartered in California, brings deep domain expertise and long-standing OEM relationships, positioning TAE Power Solutions to become a market leader in emerging power management technologies. Background. The path to Power Solutions began with TAE solving a power problem for fusion.

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US battery storage smashes deployment records in Q4 2023

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For the first time, the grid-scale segment exceeded 3 gigawatts (GW) deployed in one quarter and nearly topped 4 GW. John Hensley, ACP’s vice president of markets and policy analysis, said: Energy storage has unique capabilities to address grid resilience, with the ability to serve as generation, load, and transmission.

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California Energy Commission awards more than $15M to advance biofuels, plug-in and V2G research

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The California Energy Commission unanimously approved funding of more than $15 million to projects that will advance biofuels and electric vehicle research in California. The trucks will be tested in various locations, including Google in the Bay Area, the City of Santa Monica and the Port of Los Angeles. Earlier post.)

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Autonomous driving visionary Dr. Lawrence Burns joining Neural Propulsion Systems as Executive Advisor; L4/L5 autonomous driving

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He has also advised numerous companies—including Google Self-Driving Cars/Waymo for over a decade. in Civil Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley. Burns is the former Corporate Vice President of Research & Development and Planning at General Motors ( earlier post ). He received a B.S.

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Renault-Nissan Alliance opens Silicon Valley research office

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The Renault-Nissan Alliance will open a research office later this month in Mountain View, California, directly across from the Google campus. Nissan will use the Silicon Valley office to focus on vehicle IT research, including graphical user-interface displays, in-car Internet connectivity and smart-grid research.

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More Than 1,800 EV chargers installed under Recovery Act

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Secretary Chu made the announcement at an event today in Exposition Park in Los Angeles, California, where he was joined by Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and Coulomb Technologies founder and Chief Technology Officer Richard Lowenthal. Additionally, DOE’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is joining with Google Inc.